Parents of children with autism plan to organise a series of fundraising events to help offset a 10% budget deficit imposed on the Brothers of Charity group in Cork.

SCHOOLMATES of a four-and-a-half-year-old boy facing deportation have posted an avalanche of letters to the Minister for Justice urging him to allow the child and his family to stay in Ireland.

A NIGERIAN woman who faces deportation along with her son and his twin sister was thrown a lifeline yesterday when the Minister for Justice said he would personally review her file.